I was asked recently how I did this. I didn’t have a ready answer – because I wasn’t doing so. Firstly, this was because it was a freebie presentation I was doing for fun so […]
but despite that it’s still worth a few minutes of your time, I’d say. It’s a brief look at one of Steve Job’s presentations, talking through why it is that his presentations are just so […]
Recently, I attended a seminar given by a ‘sales guru’. Great, I thought, as I went in – this will be exactly what I need. Well, sort of!The guru’s presentation style was engaging and the […]
As my daughter did her first freefall a couple of weeks ago, someone jumping with her managed to get some stunning photographs of her as she fell. With her permission (obviously), I’m turning one of […]
I mentioned in my last post that we were heading up to the northern regionsl FSB conference on April 18th. Well, we turned up and it was quite an ‘interesting’ day. Several lessons learned! We’d […]
This Friday – 18th of April – we’re going to be at the norther regional conference of the Federation of Small Businesses. If anyone wants to pop over and have a chat, see some seriously […]
Two miles is a long way under certain circumstances. Okay, it’s a short walk and and even shorter run, but it’s a hell of a long way to jump out of an airplane. It’s an […]
….rehearse instead. ….rehearse instead. The two things are very different: certainly practicing is part of rehearsing but it’s only a part. Practicing – doing it over and over and over (and over!) to get the […]
Someone who recently introduced me at a presentation I was making checked with me – very courteously – whether I wanted to take questions as we went along or at the end. Taking questions is […]
I sat down this morning to do some research on speaking styles with reference to the American Presidential election campaign. I was particulalry interested in the Democratic race for the nomination (because there’s nothing interesting […]
I recently did a session for an organisation whose brief was to help the voluntary sector in our part of the country become more professional and organised. The day was, obviously, about making a presentation […]
Like a lot of other people, we here at Curved Vision have a Google Alert for our company name. That means if anyone is mentioning us, Google will let us know. It’s simple, effective and […]
A friend of mine runs an art gallery in Liverpool. – she’s called Lydia and she’s lovely. Reading a blog article of hers called “A picture’s worth a thousand words” reminded me that cliches are […]